Edward P. McCreery III has extensive jury and non-jury trial experience in a wide range of litigation matters including insurance coverage, construction defects, embezzlement, complex foreclosures, municipal liability, environmental contamination, land use and condemnation.

In addition to his trial experience, Ed has handled a broad range of alternative dispute resolution matters including arbitration and mediation. He has represented several municipalities as corporation counsel and as special counsel on diverse topics of land use, environmental remediation, construction and condemnation.

Ed has represented numerous lending institutions and has spoken extensively on litigation, land use and insurance coverage for private and public seminars. Ed is known for his email updates on new developments in Connecticut law on the topics of municipal law and insurance coverage. 

Representative Experience

• Successful resolution of insurance coverage for product liability, D&O and environmental claims
• Successful prosecution of architectural malpractice claim for large public building
• Prosecution and defense of numerous construction defect claims
• Prosecution and defense of numerous land-use enforcement actions
• Successful defense of an action for libel against a major Connecticut newspaper
• Successful defense of a large banking institution in a major lender-liability action
• Successful prosecution of embezzlement claims against fiduciaries
• Successful defense of a major product-liability action alleging the spontaneous combustion of a chemical
• Resolution of dilemmas posed in the provision of health care to minors over the religious objections of parents
• Successful handling of multi-district, product-liability claims against insolvent manufacturer on behalf of claimants’ committee
• Seizure of vessels under admiralty law
• Foreclosure of multi-unit commercial and residential properties

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association - member of the Litigation and Insurance Coverage Sections
• Connecticut Bar Association - member of the Executive Committees of the Litigation and Insurance Coverage Sections; past Chairman of the Insurance Coverage Section; former Secretary of the CBA; past member of the House of Delegates; former member of the Ethics Committee
• Greater Bridgeport Bar Association - current president

Community Involvement

• Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce - past chairman and member, board of directors
• City of Shelton Conservation Commission - member 
• Shelton Land Trust - director
• Housatonic Council of Boy Scouts - former member, executive board
• Town of Brookfield - former town attorney
• Served on several boards and committees with distinction including the Valley United Way, Valley YMCA and Alliance for Economic Growth, Junior Achievement, the Hewitt Foundation and Sanford-Brown College, Farmington

Honors & Awards

• Received the highest peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell (AV)